Sled attachment.



S. O. ARNOLD.

SLBD ATTAGHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED 1111.15, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17,1912. l

JNVENTOR awaeZM/m 'c/ f Aliarney WITNESS/E5 SAMUEL O. ARNOLD,

0F PEEBLES, OHIO.

sLED ATTACHMENT.

To all whom z'z may concern.'

'Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. ARNOLD, af citizen of the United States,residing at Peebles, in the county of Adams and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sled Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sleds.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an attachment for therunners and tongue attaching roller of the sled which may be readilyreplaced, if broken, by simply removing the fastening bolts of theattachment. At present, when the roller referred to becomes broken, itis necessary that the sled be torn apart to replace the roller but bymeans of this invention, it is only necessary to remove the attachingbolts and replace the roller, leaving the sled in as good condition asbefore.

1With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel fea* tures of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts illustrated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings -Figure 1 is a perspective view of thefront portion of the frame of a sled, illustrating the application of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken through one ofthe attaching plates, the adjacent longitudinal or side bar of the frameand one end of the roller. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section takenthrough the attaching plate, the front end of one of the runners and theadjacent side bar of the sled frame, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview on an enlarged scale of one of the attaching plates.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of theinvention, 1 indicates the side bars or pieces of the sled frame, 2 therunners, 3 the tongue attaching roller, 4 the tongue and 5 the attachingplates for the roller and front ends of the runners.

The attaching plates each comprise the inner vertical flat portions 6which fit against the inner faces of the front ends of the side bars 1of the sled frame, the right angularly bent portions 7 which are bentoutwardly and fit the bottom faces of the side bars, and the outwardlybent flanges 8 which engage the tops of side members l.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

serial No. 671,365.

The inner faces of the vert-ical members 6 of the attaching plates areformed with the tubular bearings 8 which receive the ends of the roller3. The right-singularly bent por tions 7 of the attaching plates areprovided attheir front ends with the vertical apertures 9 to receive thehook shaped lugs l0, formed at the front ends of the runners 2, whichproject beyond the front ends of the side pieces 1.

The attaching plates are removably secured to the front ends of the sidebars 1 by the fastening bolts 12, passing through ape tures in the sidebars and corresponding apertures 13 in the right-angularly bent portions7 of the attaching plates and the nuts 14, screwing on the threaded endsof the bolts.

, From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,it will be evident that in order to replace the roller 3, it is onlynecessary to remove the fastening bolts 12, which not only facilitatesthe operation of replacing the roller but obviates the need of takingthe parts of the sled apart.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the construction and advantages of this invention willbe readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is

l. In a sled, attaching plates for the front ends of the runners andtongue attaching roller, said plates comprising vertical portionsadapted to fit against the inner sides of the side bars of the frame andright-angularly bent bottom portions adapted to t against the bottomfaces of said side bars, the vertical portions of the att-aching plateshaving tubular bearings to receive the ends of the tongue attachingroller and the rightangularly bent portions thereof having apertures attheir front ends and bolt-receiving apertures, fastening bolts passingthrough the front ends of the sidel bars of the sled frame and thebolt-receiving apertures of the attaching plates, and hook shaped lugsformed at the front ends of the runners engageable with the apertures atthe front ends of said right-angularly bent portions.

2. In a sled, attaching plates for the front ends of the runners andtongue attaching roller, said plates embracing the inner Walls of therunners engagenble with the :iper- 10 and the tops and bottoms ofthe'side bars tures above mentioned.

of the frame and comprising vertical porn testimony whereof I aiix mysignature tions having tubular bea-rings to receive the in presence oftWo Witnesses.

ends of the tongue attaching roller and right T singularly bent portionsembracing the bot- SAMUEL O' ARA OLD' toms of the side pieces andprovided at their Witnesses:

front ends with transverse apertures r.ind J. R. B. KESSLER,

hook-shaped lugs formed at the front ends J. A. R. COUSER.

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